Need to Sneeze? Here’s How to Spread as Few Germs as Possible

What’s in a sneeze? Quite a lot—dirt, mucus, and infectious germs—it seems. And sneezing the right way can reduce the germs you share with neighbors.

It’s just a sneeze right? Everybody sneezes. So if you share a few germs when you are sick (or not sick), it’s not such a terrible thing. Except when it is. Across the nation, five children have already died from influenza (the flu) this season. Every bit of unnecessary contagion you put out there can hurt someone else, especially if it is someone who is very young, older, or already ill.